Trump later said in a statement that his comments had been "misconstrued."

"I am friends with and employ thousands of people of Mexican and Hispanic descent,"Trump said. But based on the rulings that I have received in the Trump University civil case, I feel justified in questioning whether I am receiving a fair trial."

House Speaker Paul Ryan met with Mexico's top diplomat on Tuesday after he denounced Donald Trump's comments about a Hispanic judge as the textbook definition of racist comments.
The session with Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations Claudia Ruiz Massieu came during a...